Floris Neusüss, Photographer Who Captured Ghostly Presences Without a Camera, Is Dead at 83

Floris Neusüss, a photographer whose cameraless pictures feature ghostly silhouettes and mysterious presences, died on April 1 in Kassel, Germany, at the age of 83. His death was confirmed on social media by the Los Angeles-based Von Lintel Gallery, which has represented Neusüss since 2013 alongside London’s Atlas Gallery.
Born in 1937 in Lennep, Germany, Neusüss has been considered a pioneer of cameraless photography, most notably for his photograms, which involve placing o